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Set rules for incoming mail and resend a notification using lotusscript
HI all,
I am trying to replicate the existing Email rules... agent to suit my needs. I am trying to call a registration window using a C API when an mail arrives with a particular subject. Existing rules settings doesnt provide me that kind of solution. I have gone through the complete source code.
I have found that it contructs a simple formula stores it in a formula field to perform the action, I want to use lotusscript in the same place.I also say agentlog.logaction("is a new note") what does that mean...
So I would like to know the complete working of hidden agents, like when and how they are triggered... what is the exact background process that is happening. This is quite urgent. If someone could help me I will be very thank full. I tried to search about agents in and out on the net but everything just explains the basics and some server issues. This agent still lies a mystery to me.
Please help,
Thanks in advance
I am trying to replicate the existing Email rules... agent to suit my needs. I am trying to call a registration window using a C API when an mail arrives with a particular subject. Existing rules settings doesnt provide me that kind of solution. I have gone through the complete source code.
I have found that it contructs a simple formula stores it in a formula field to perform the action, I want to use lotusscript in the same place.I also say agentlog.logaction("is a new note") what does that mean...
So I would like to know the complete working of hidden agents, like when and how they are triggered... what is the exact background process that is happening. This is quite urgent. If someone could help me I will be very thank full. I tried to search about agents in and out on the net but everything just explains the basics and some server issues. This agent still lies a mystery to me.
Please help,
Thanks in advance
HI ,
First I tried thought of writing after new mail arrives agent... But since it is new with release 5 I dropped that idea. I wanted it to be compatible both for versions 4 and 5. Now I have changed my mind. I want it to work atleast for one version. I am going ahead with it... I dont know I am stuck up in one place where I process multiple conditions. Where do I get this conditions from. LIke from the rule processed... How do I select the conditions...
This is a little immediate requirement. Some one please help
First I tried thought of writing after new mail arrives agent... But since it is new with release 5 I dropped that idea. I wanted it to be compatible both for versions 4 and 5. Now I have changed my mind. I want it to work atleast for one version. I am going ahead with it... I dont know I am stuck up in one place where I process multiple conditions. Where do I get this conditions from. LIke from the rule processed... How do I select the conditions...
This is a little immediate requirement. Some one please help
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I would say from my heart that was one excellent piece of code. I am working on it. I will get back as soon as I finish my complete code...
There are a couple of bugs in it, go find 'em!
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By the way... is ultimatewinner the same as lotusnotesnewbie?
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Ya I did find them one was a spelling mistake, in notesdocment and the other was getfirstdocument(doc) :-))
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Both of us belong to the same team struggling with a similar kind of problems as both of us are brand new to lotus notes and dealing with something quite big :-)) .Does that clarify you doubt.
Well, those are syntac errors, not bugs. Look for the bugs. Let me know if the code works.
Hints: Don't let your kids set off fireworks, it is dangerous, and can do things like displacing limbs. If they ignore the rule, don't let anger get the upper hand; your kids have a lower sense of proportion, and you have to accomodate that.
Hints: Don't let your kids set off fireworks, it is dangerous, and can do things like displacing limbs. If they ignore the rule, don't let anger get the upper hand; your kids have a lower sense of proportion, and you have to accomodate that.
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What was that hint for... Ok I know Lotus Notes is highly sensitive and I wont be pressurising it too much, I have experienced too much of crashes already. I know I have every reason to compromise with LotusNotes
Hint was to help find bugs.
Never mind, the bugs are really minor, and will not affect the basic way the system works.
Never mind, the bugs are really minor, and will not affect the basic way the system works.
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Thank you so much qwaletee. My rules are doing just good. Still I am doing unit testing on it. But I have come this far just with the start up that you gave. I have literally fought over it and have come this far.
My rules work great even with multiple conditions.
But as you mentioned before what are those small bugs... I am not sure whether I have resolved those. If you could tell me I will reconfirm so that I will be even more confident.
Thank you so much
Cheers,
ultimatewinner :-)
My rules work great even with multiple conditions.
But as you mentioned before what are those small bugs... I am not sure whether I have resolved those. If you could tell me I will reconfirm so that I will be even more confident.
Thank you so much
Cheers,
ultimatewinner :-)
The existing rules do not run via an agent. The router runs them (off the CalendarProfile profile document) as it delivers the messages.
If you want to do something similar, you will have to use the extension manager to hook any database write calls, see if they are coming from the router, and running your rules. Mightbe easier to just check if the destination DB is in the mail OS disk directory.
As far as a construct for storing the LotusScript, let me suggest the following. I believe that using the API you can call an agent, and provide it either DocumentContext or UnprocessedDocuments. So, set it up that way, hand it unprocessed documents, and it will run as you wish.
At this point, you've essentially duplicated teh functionality of "before new mail is delivered," as I mentioned.
Ah, but you want to make it configurable for users? That is still possible. The Execute statement in LotusScript will execute arbitrary code form a string. It has access to global vaiables, so set up UnprocessdDocuments as a global, or, loop through the docs yourself, and set a global doc variable before calling each bit of LotusScript in turn.